Mattress-beating machine



Sept. '11, 1928. 1,683,658 A J. W. DROLL MATTRESS BEATING MACHINE Origih'al Fi 7. 1926 w 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V5 N TOR JOSEPH w: DROLL. BY

Sept. 11, 1928. 1,683,658

J. W. DROLL MATTRESS HEATING MACHINE Original Filed Aug. 17, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet. 2

"1 I JOSEPH w. DROL-L.

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J. w. DROLL MATTRESS BEATING MACHINE Original Filed Aug. 17, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 J05 PH W DROLL. B?%JJ Sept. 11, 1928.

J. W. DROLL MATTRESS BEATING mpama Original Filed Aug. 1'7, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Sept. 11,1928. 1,683,658

J. W. DROLL IATTRESS aaume MACHINE Original Filed Aug. 17, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 /NVENTOR JOSEPH w. DROLL.

ATTK' to provide a rigid or solid support arranged to efi'ectively hold the mattress aga nst the,

. said dustfrom Patented'sept 11, 1928.

reunion, or cmcneo, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION, or DELAWARE.

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Application. llledlugustl'l, 1926, Serial No. 129,799.- Renewed July 9, 1928.

a My invention relates to im rovements'in mattress beating machines or ierein a solid rotatable and slid'able mattress support within an open end housing. operatesin conpinction with inhalant elementand a plurality ot beating elements adjustebly and p votally mounted above said supportto beat the stuffing from the center of; a. mattress toward the. edges and corners thereof and to confine the. dust beaten from said mattress during the beating operation.

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Another object of the present invention 1s 1 to provide a new and improved devlce ofthe character described having improved means for beatingthe stuffing of a mattress from the center into the edges and corners thereof.

A further object of the present lnventlon 1s beating action of the heating elements therer or action. p I

. A'still further object is toprovide a rotat eblerigid support whereby emattressmay be i turned to expose every portion of the upper siiirtace thereof to the action of the beating elements. i p a 1 v Another object is to providef'an lmproved mattress beating machine hnving a closed 1 housing opennt one end, toenclosea plurality of beating elements operatingiin-con unctlon and out of said housing through the open end thereof to'confine dust liberated from said mattress during the heating process, together A. Withen inhalant element arranged to inhale said housing to aremote point.

Another object ofthe invention is to pro; vi dye iu'iproved meansfor strlpping themat ,tress n-mnum' heating elements during the heating process. i f I accomplish means of the improved device disclosed in the drawings forming a partof thepresent 1 application wherein like characters of refermice are used to designate similar parts through the specifications and drawings, and in which- 1 Fig. 1 is a broken front elevation of myim- 1 proved mattress beating machine;

by providing a more effective beatingprocess with. a rigid. mattress support slidable into.

these endother objects by Fig. is a broken plan view of Fig.1; i

ATE T FI Josnrn wmmm DBOLL, or cnrcneo, rumors, ASSIGNOR To nno L-rurnn'rs on Fig, 3 isebroke'n end elevation of theright hnndiend of Fig. 1

Fig. 4 is atransverse vertical sectionelview taken through the housing', 'b ea.ting' elements 2 and; the rigid or solid mattress support, dis-5, closing the working of the'beating machine;.-

and

heating elements and operatingmechanisrn therefor-and the'solid mattress support b .j neath. 3

Referring to the Fig. 5 is an enlarged brokenview of, the

of a pairof longitudinally disposed beams.

from which rises in crenedike superstructure- 2 hav ng rotatably mounted-thereon etransverse sl1aft3 which pivotally supports a'vVa-Iklug-beam 4st its approximate center. One

end of the'welking-beam 4 is'conneot'ed bvf means of suitablelinks 6 to a nut? mounted upon a vertically disposed threadedv mire.

rotatnblymounted within suitable bearings" 9 on the superstructure 2, which shaft 8 is arranged tobe r'otated iriopposite directions V in a manner andtor a purpose hereinafter, I

more fully set torth. a i

. The opposite endof the welking-beem 4 provided with bearings 11 which; pivotally engage the approximate center-portions of 'bitur'cuted links 12 and to the lower ends of.

said bifurcated links 12 is pivotally suspended.

a cradle 14 within which cradle l l lure pivotr allymountedthe beating elements and open st ng mechanlsmtherefor hich after he more fully described.

transversely? on the beemsl, as disclosed in V Fig. tofthe drnwmgsfl have provided a pair:

of parallel supporting rails 16 upon whiohj ride rollers 17 in turn supporting a frame.

18, wh'ereby suid frame 18 may traversethe rails 16.the'movement of said frame :18 being limitedin either-direction by means of suitable stops rigidly securedto 'the'ruils 16Tand the frame 18. The frame 18 has pivotally, mounted thereon, so as to be rotatable, WhetI term e rigid or solid mattress support 21 "sup:

ported by suitable-rollers 22 and held in c'entral positionby means ofe suitable kingbolt or pin 23. I use the term solid or rigid in connection withthefmattress sup- Patent N 1,503,352 issued July 29th, 1924;

. for the reason that I have foundlfrom actual 21 ,:tl1e11; is the cradle 14rwithinwhich cradle.

Hare rotatably mounted a plurality of countershafts262extei1ding beyond theTsides of said cradle- 14 which cradle is U-shaped in cross section as disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings K p In Figs. 4 andj of the drawings I have, re moved thenear side of the cradle 14 for the purpose Jo't'-disclosing thediverging beating arms '27vrigidly secured to the outer and opposlte'ends of thegcountershafts 26. and the 0 crating mechanisinfor said heating arms The heating arms 27 are preferably Larranged'in'four pairs.-that is to say a pair of inwardly extendingdnncr beating arms arrange'd'above and adjacentthe center of the mattress support 21 and also a pair of inward- 1y extending outer beatin jiarms arranged above and'adjacent the edges of the mattress support 21," the purpose Off-Which arrangement will hereinafter'be more fully described.

Rigidly secured to each pair of heating arms 27 is a transversely arranged beating elementor stick 28 formed preferably of hard wood. Secured to each,counter-shaft 26 and arranged within the cradle'l is a rocker arm 29, and to the rocker arms 29 oft-he outer beating elements-are connected inwardly extendlng connecting rods 31*wh1ch connect at-theirinn'er ends with opposite ends of an oscillator-32 having bearing surfaces 33 oil'- set iirorn'each other and actuated by two soparate earns 34 mounted 'u'pona-a shaft '36 in turnrotatably mounted within the' cradle 14,

zisdiselosed-in Fig." 5 of the drawings.

Similarly two connecting rods 311 extend, inwardly from therocker arms 29 of themner beating elements and have their 1 inner ends connected to'a secondioscillator32 arranged alongside the first oscillator 32f and,

likewise having two bearing surfaccsoii'sct in two planes to engage a second set of'camsZA j on thelshaft 36, the only difference between thei'nner and outer beatmgelen ent connections is that the twocan'is for the oscillator of the inner heating elements is set slightly in advance of the cams for theouter beating elements in order that said inner beating eleinents shall be 'operated'sliyhtly in advance of the outer heating elements and' thereby str ke, or engage, and beat the central portlon ofa mattress slightly -11I advance of the outer beatin elements. thereby forcing or beatingthe stuffing of said mattress from the center toward the out-er edges" and corners each other as diselosedin Fig.2 .ofthe drawmes.

j The counter-shaft 36 upon which the two sets of cams 34 are mounted, extends beyond one side of the cradle 14tandis'piovided with a universal joint 41 to which one end of a shaft 42'is feathered; the othcrend of said shaft 42 being connected through a second universal joint 13 to a suitable clutch 4.4 as disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, said clutch &4 being actuated, in the usual manner, to engage and disengage a power shaft l6 by means of a suitable shitting leiver 471 T he power shaft 46 is provided with a bevel gear 51 meshing with similar gears 52 and 53 rotatably mounted upon the shaft 8 and each having clutch portions 54 and 55 respective ly arranged to be engaged by corresponding eluch members 56 and 67respectively, feathered on the shaft 8. The clutch membe'rs :36 and 57 are actuated by lneanskof a shifting rod 59 in turn actuated by a. shifting' lerer 61, by means ofwh'ich eithenor neither bevel gear or 53inay be connected to the shai't 8 whereby said shalt may be rotated in either direction to move the nut 7 on the threaded portion of the shaftB to raise or lower the cradle 14; and beating clcn'ieuts mounted thereinrelatively to the solid mattress support 21 to adjust said heating elements to a mattress on said table. or wl'lcreby said nut 7 may be held stationary to retain said adjustment when obtained, said nut 7 being connected to the end of the"walking-beam t by suitable connecting links 6 as disclosed in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

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The cradle L1 is provided witlra l'rainework 63 provided with rollers'dl around which are mounted resiliently held longitudiual and transverse stripping elements (36. said stripping elements or strippers being mounted between the beating elements and a mattress 67 supported by the solid mattress support 21 in order that the upper ticking: of the mattress 67 will not follow the up\ "ard movement of the beating elements but will be U stripped or separatedtherefrom to permit a more efiiectrve beating of said mattress.

The mattress support 21 is surrounded by a closed housin 68 the upper or topportion 6f) 4 1 r am is a of which is carried by the cradle positioned above the heating elements and strippers'GG as disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The front end of said housing 68 is opened to per sit the passage into and out of said housing of the mattress support 21.

As the top portion 69 of the how-sing (i8 is secured to and movable vertically with the cradle 14, in order to effectively enclose the.

solid support 21 and mattress 67 duringjthe beatingprocess, I have provided flexible con nections 70 of canvas or other suitable mater1 al between the side and rearedges of the top 69 and the upper edgesfof the sides of the housing 68. Bymcans of this arrangement the mattress is at all times enclosed during the beating process in order to confine the dust beaten out of the mattrcssduring such beating process, and the cradle Maud beat-- ing elements mounted thereon may be raised and lowered Without disturbing or necting the enclosure. c

In order to remove the dust from the enclosure I have provided an inhalant element which consists of nozzles 71 extending downwardly from a suction pipe 72 carried by the discon frame 63. The nozzles 71 are preferably ar ranged directly abovethe opening in the front end of the housing 68 asthe dusthas a-tendency to rise, and by said nozzles 'Tlsaid dust is inhaled as it emerges from the-opening in the front end of the housing 68.] The suction pipe is providedwith a downwardly extendingextension 73 which telescopes within a main suction pipi'iwhich carries the inhaled dust to a po nt Iremoe from the machine. By means of this arrangement dust beaten from'the mattress is prevented from circulating through the atmosphere of the factory, and therefore acleanerworlring atmospbereis provided for-operators therein.

In operation" the mattress support 21 is moved on its rollers 17 and tracks 16 through the opening in the front of the housing 68 and a mattress 67 to be beaten is placed thereon. The mattress support 21 is then tion to raise or lower the nut 7, actuate the Walking-beam 4 and therebyraise or lower the cradle 14 andthe beating elements mounted therein to adjust the said heating elements relatively to theiupper surface of the mat, tress67. Whenthe proper ad ust-ment has been attained (the shifting lever -77 is again actuated to release thje shaft 8fron'i 1tsac' tuating gear, and :byreason of the threaded 7 nut arrangement onsaid shaft 8 the said heat-- y no a ing elements are retained in'such adjustment until such time as it isto be changed c 7 By operating the clutch lever 47 the shaft 42,Which operates the countershaft 36 carry-- ing thecams 34, is connected to the power shaft 46 and the cams 34: are then rotated, which rotation causes the itiro cams 341 for each oscillator 32 thereby operating the connecting rods 31, rocker arms 29. beater-arms 27 and the beating sticks 28. ihS llelBlIllOGfOI'C described the earns 34 for the inner heatingelement-s are'actuated slightly advance of T Y the cams for theouter beating elements, by

means of which arrangement the inner beats 5 ing sticksQS above andadjacentthe approximate ,center of the upper surface of thematt-he stuffing within the center portion of said mattress toward the outer portion thereof and immediately thereafter'the outer heating.

elements similarly engage said mattress and beat the stufiing wh ch was Worked outwardly v by the previous stroke ofpthe inner beating elements and by continued beating ofthe:

inner and outer beating elements, said stuffing} outwardly from the cenis beaten effectively ter of said mattress.

By moving the mattress support 21-in Wardly and outwardly on its. tracks and also by rotating said mattress support '21 during such beating process it is obvious that every portion of the mattress may be exposed to the action of the beating elements and the result is a very effective beating of the mattress to provide a un form distribution of the stufling throughout said mattress as Well as into the edges and. corners thereof. U The dust beaten from the mattress during the beating operation is inhaled through the nozzles 71 and carried to a pointremote from the machine to prevent circulation of said dust throughout the atmosphere of theffac-y tory. p V. The compensating links 81L pivotally connected to the frame'SZ andthe upper ends of the bifurcated links 12, and the connecting llDkS 82 connected at their lower ends to one side of the'fra-me 63 of the cradleol and at their upperends to the an 'iliary W'alkingbeam 83 which is in turn connected "to'the walking-beam 4, are provided in order to retain the cradle 1d andthe beating elements t; all times ina horizontal position and as they:form no part of the present invention into a detailed description I have not entered of their operation.

Having thus described ny invention What I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters 7 Patent is: v

1'. A mattress beating machine comprising a solid mattress support; a'ph-u ality,ofinncrand outer heating elements pivotally'mounted above thecenter andfiedges of said support respectively; and means for operating the inner beatmg elements slightly in advance of a mattress upon saidsupport and thereby 7 beat the stuffing of saidinattress from the center toward the edgesthereof. 2, Amattress beating machine comprising a rotat-ably mounted solid mattress sup-- port; a plurality of-inner and outer beating elements pirotally mounted ab'ovethe center and edges ct said support respectively; and meansfor operating the inner beating ele- 10' tress 67 onthe mattress support 21 engagefl the upper surface of the mattress 67 and beatj the outer beating elements to engage and beat 1 'ments slightly in advance otthe outer heat ing elements to. engage and beat a mattress upon said support'while the same is being rotatedto beatthe stulling of said mattress from the center toward the edges and corners tliere'of. I y 3.:Tlie combination with a mattress beating machine, of inneihand outer beating elements arrangedto engage and beat the central andouter portions of a mattress respectively; and means forgactuating the inner inw tress from said beating elements.

beatin elements slightlvin advance or the D a, a

outer heating elements to beat the stnlling from the center of a mattress toward the outer portions thereof.

4.The combination with a mattress beat mg machine, of inner and outer beating elements arranged toengage and beat the central and outer 'portionsof a n attress. respcctivcly'; afmattress support and stripping ele mentsarranged between the mattress and the beating-elements to separate said mattress from said beating elements.

5. The combination with a mattress heating machine, of innerand outer beatingelements arranged to engagefland beat the central and outer portionsof a mattress respec. t1vely; a mattress support; and resiliently mounted stripping elements ar 'anged being said heating elements to engage and beat :r mattress on said support; and sti'ipping elements arranged betweensaid mattress and said vsupports to separate the same.

i 7. Ainattress beating machine comprising a solid horizontally disposed mattress support; a plurality of heating elements pivotally mounted above said support; means for raising and lowering said-beating elements relatively to saidsupportswhereby the force of a blow delivered by said heating elements to-said mattress' may be regulated and adjusted; means for actuatingsaid beating elements to engage and; beat said mattress; and resiliently mountedstripping elements arranged to be raised and lowered with said heating elements'and to'separate said mat- 8. The combination with a mattress beat ing machine of a solid mattress support pivotally mounted'to'rotate within a horizontal plane;.a plurality of inner and outer heat ng elements 'pivotally mounted abov and adjacent the center and outeredges of said support; means for raising a d lowering said beatingelements relatively to said support to adjust and regulate the force of a blow from said heating elements to a mattress on while said support is being rotated whereby the stalling of said mattress may bebeaten from the center toward the edges and corners thereof; and stripping elements mounted between amattress on said support and the beating elements. a

9. The combination with a mattrcssbeatr ing machine of a solid mattress support pivotallyniounted to rotate within a horizontal plane; a plurality of inner and outer heating elements pivotally mounted above and adentthe center and outer edges of said support; means for raising and lowering said heating elements relatively to said support to adjust and regulate the force of a blow from said heating elements to a mattress on said support; means for operating the inner heating elements in advance of the outer elements to engage and beat said mattress while said support is being rotated whereby the stufling of said mattress may be beaten from the center toward the edges and corners there of; and resiliently mounted lateral and longitudinal stripping elements mounted between a mattress on said support and. said heating elements. i i

10. A mattress beating machine comprising a housing open at the front end thereof; a solid mattress support slidablymounted for movement into and out of said housing through said opening; a plurality of heating elements arranged above said mattress support; means for actuating the beating elements to engage and beata mattress on said support; and an inhalant element arranged hale dust beaten from said mattress.

11. A'mattress beating machine comprising a housing open at one end thereof: a-

.solid mattress support sidably mounted for movement into and out of said housing through said. opening; a plurality of inner and outer beating elements arranged above and adjacent the center and edgesv ofsaid support; means for operating the inner bcatling elements in advance of the outer heating elements to engage and beat the stalling of a mattress on said support from the center toward the edges of said mattress; and an inhalantelement mounted adjacent the opening in said housing to inhale from said housing dust beaten from said mattress.

12. A mattress beating machine comprising a rigid horizontally disposed mattress support; a plurality of heating elements arranged above said support; means for rais ins; and lowering the heating elements to adjust said heating elements relatively to a. mattress on said support; a housing enclosing said support and having an open end and a atop portion secured above said heating clc till lilll adjacentthe opening in said housing to .inltlii mattress on said support; a housing having an open end and enclosing said; support, the

top of said housing being arranged above and secured to silklbflfltlng' elements and .movable vertically therewith; flexible con nections between the edges of said top of the housing and the housing; means for actuating the inner beating elements in advance of the outer beating elements to engage and beat'a mattress on said support to beat the stuffing from the center of said mattress toward'the edges thereof; and an inhalant element mounted adjacent the'opening in the housing to inhale from said housing dust beaten from said mattress.

14. The combination with a mattress beating machine of a rigid horizontally disposed rotatably mounted mattress support; a plurality of inner and outer beating elements pivotally mounted above and adjacent the central, portion and edges of said support;

means for raising and lowering the beating elements to adjust the same relatively to a 'mattress on said support; a housing having an open end and enclosing said support, the

1 top of said housing being arranged above and secured to said heating elements and movablevertically therewith; flexible connections between the edges ofsaid top of the housing and the housing; meansfor actuating the, inner beating GlGITlQIllJSilIl advance of the outer heating elements to engage and beat a mattress on said supportto beat the stufiing from the center of said mattress to- .wardthe edges thereof; an inhalant element mounted adjacent the openingin the housing to inhale from sald housing dust beaten from said mattress; and stripping elements mounted longitudinally and laterally below said beating elements and movable vertically tl1618\ ith to separate said mattress from said heating elements. i v V In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature. i r i JosnPn WILLIAM VDROLL. 

